Speaking of censorship we'll probably lose access to this place when Theresa's new internet plans kick in

PhoeniX wrote:

Speaking of censorship we'll probably lose access to this place when Theresa's new internet plans kick in

i doubt that. her latest empty 'stop the terrorist' gesture was suggesting deals with tech companies like Facebook/Google etc to censor certain content. given these tech companies are almost all American and tend to take a dim view of attempts by government to coerce them, i can't see this ending well

Talk about jump the gun...

seremtan wrote:

PhoeniX wrote:

Speaking of censorship we'll probably lose access to this place when Theresa's new internet plans kick in

i doubt that. her latest empty 'stop the terrorist' gesture was suggesting deals with tech companies like Facebook/Google etc to censor certain content. given these tech companies are almost all American and tend to take a dim view of attempts by government to coerce them, i can't see this ending well

Yeah, I was being facetious. I think they pretty much told he no already because they're already doing lots to try and prevent extremism.

She wants backdoor access to SSL certificates as well. Like that exploit wouldn't get leaked so everyone can steal your bank account data

I was begging for someone to ask her about her internet legislation plans during QT.

seremtan wrote:

PhoeniX wrote:

Speaking of censorship we'll probably lose access to this place when Theresa's new internet plans kick in

i doubt that. her latest empty 'stop the terrorist' gesture was suggesting deals with tech companies like Facebook/Google etc to censor certain content. given these tech companies are almost all American and tend to take a dim view of attempts by government to coerce them, i can't see this ending well

May wants to outlaw any form of cryptography if she could have it her way. Good thing Q3W just switched over to HTTPS eh?